However, they were told in February their contracts would not be renewed by owner Matt Benham.

Warburton has fought off competition from Stuart McCall and Ian Cathro to land the job, although the Rangers board had also considered an approach to Aberdeen for Derek McInnes and Olympiakos for Portuguese boss Vitor Pereira.

Warburton has never worked in Scottish football but number two Weir has extensive experience of the game after successful spells as a player with Falkirk, Hearts and Rangers.